Sentence examples for a sweeping reduction from inspiring English sources

President Bush's budget recommends that Congress revise parts of the 10 deadly sins and calls for a sweeping reduction in the penalties and the way most other complaints are handled.

The thrust of the latest effort is a sweeping reduction of business and personal income taxes, achieved by slicing through the thickets of the current impenetrable system which, everyone agrees, stifles economic vitality.Few Germans seem convinced, in fact, that even the most daring tax reform can resolve the problem of high unemployment, as the Kohl government suggests it can.

Experts said the FDA, which funded the trial, has the legal authority to order a sweeping reduction in the nicotine content of tobacco products on the U.S. market.

A sweeping reduction of nicotine in smoked tobacco is "the most promising regulatory policy option" available for preventing the premature deaths of at least 20 million smokers, University of Wisconsin tobacco researchers Timothy Baker and Dr. Michael Fiore wrote in a commentary published with the study.

While consumer spending, the nation's economic engine, has been surprisingly resilient of late, a more sweeping reduction in credit card limits could pose serious challenges for hard-pressed consumers and, in turn, the broader economy.

But in a nod to the conservatives he has to keep in the fold, he affirmed his commitment to a broad, sweeping reduction in tax rates, as Mr. Cheney has also done recently.

For many Congressional Democrats, that means a far less sweeping reduction than proposed in the Bush plan, which essentially arrived on Capitol Hill today in the form of legislation introduced in the Senate.

Such freelance negotiations were once seen as a bottom-up way to push leaders on Capitol Hill and in the White House toward the political center, where they could compromise on a sweeping deficit reduction package.

WASHINGTON — President Obama and the Republican House speaker, John A. Boehner, once again struggled against resistance from their respective parties on Thursday as they tried to shape a sweeping deficit-reduction agreement that could avert a government default in less than two weeks.

Rather than a sweeping deficit-reduction plan, any deal crafted by the Dec. 13 deadline that Congress set is likely to be far more modest.

Sweeping reductions in red tape, a major assault on the regulatory burden and a radical simplification of the taxation system should be high priorities.